Meet the neighbours
projects broker grass roots engagement between Scotland and Nordic CountriesOur projects address the simple proposition that communities across Scotland and Nordic Countries are interwoven and co-dependent.
Joy is radical
There has never been a more important time for people in Scotland to reach out to Nordic communities to share ideas, creative projects and initiatives. Meet the Neighbours brokers partnerships and brings these initiatives to life ensuring maximum community outcome.All our leaders are numpties
MacInternationalists
All negotiations should be conducted over a garden fence.
“Can I borrow a tin of black paint and while I’ve got you, you wouldn’t mind universally disarming all nuclear weapons. Aye go on then.”
projects
These projects serve as a mechanism to help realise the potential in both artist and local people.Meet the neighbours at iceland airwaves
Meet the Neighbours has held two collaborative showcase events in Reykjavik celebrating the cultural and geopolitical links between Scotland and Iceland.
On both occasions something memorable happened: a gathering of Scottish and Icelandic bands, DJs and manifesto scribes turned Lucky Records into a hub of good vibes, unity and bad language.
Haiver, Oyama, Cowboy Hunters, Lizzie Reid, Jacob Alon, Flesh Machine and No Windows spread the word.
Move On and Reykjavik Youth Exchange
Change happens most effectively when it occurs at the edges of an infrastructure. It is here that new ideas become established, long before the people at the top are even aware they exist. We believe that young voices can bring about the most positive change.
In September 2025 Meet the Neighbours organised a two-day exchange between young people in Reykjavik and the Scottish based youth engagement charity, Move On. This was an opportunity to share a youth focused Skills and Employability programme, which was developed in Scotland, with our colleagues in Reykjavik.
Under the supervision of a Scottish production team, the young people received training in filming techniques, and created a video archive of the event.
It’s in me somewhere, I didn’t realise until I saw it.
You need to hear that there’s more of us than them.
You need to hear that we don’t agree.
You need to hear that we aren’t going away
‘Crush on You’NEWS ‘26
Meet the Neighbours will be back
at Iceland Airwaves in November, this time with two far out happenings.
On Thursday we’re going to screen a beautiful Scottish “wee” film at Bio Paradis and on Saturday our showcase gig at Lucky Records digs even deeper in to our Nordic connections as we welcome an astonishing Faroese artist to our Scottish and Icelandic line-up.
Finding the differences we have in common
In April 2026 Meet The Neighbours organised an exchange project, in Scotland, between youth workers from Reykjavik Department of Welfare and Glasgow.
Their aim was to share initiatives in Youth Engagement between Scotland and Iceland, especially focusing on effective approaches to supporting young people, particularly those not in education, employment, or training (NEET). This is a growing challenge in Iceland, particularly amongst young people in newcomer communities.
Iceland Delegation VISITS glasgow
‘if I would try to translate Scotstoun then I would call it Skotatún in Icelandic and that would mean the field of Scots’
